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we begin with afghanistan. the draw-down of the surge starts in a week with all 33,000 surge troops out by next summer. the generals wanted less, anti-war critics wanted more. congress is at odds. what about the taliban? will they simply wait us out? i pose that question to denis mcdonough, white house deputy security advisor. >> i understand they will be back and forth in washington. it's a national security issue. here's what we believe, over the course of the last 18 months, we relying on the great work of our troops, have brought an enormous amount of power to bear. 20 of 30 of the afghan taliban and al qaeda and their associated forces' top leaders have met their justice. so we are going to keep the heat on, even at the end of this draw-down, still talking about 68,000 of the world's finest fighting force maintaining that pressure on the taliban, so we don't think they will wait this out. the longer they wait out, the more afghan national security forces we can train and then it will be the afghans' fight
we begin with afghanistan. the draw-down of the surge starts in a week with all 33,000 surge troops out by next summer. the generals wanted less, anti-war critics wanted more. congress is at odds. what about the taliban? will they simply wait us out? i pose that question to denis mcdonough, white house deputy security advisor. >> i understand they will be back and forth in washington. it's a national security issue. here's what we believe, over the course of the last 18 months, we relying...
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all of the neighbors of afghanistan say look afghanistan is a difficult problem. it's a problem for all the neighbors. nobody wants a disaster in afghanistan. none of the neighboring countries. and i think gradually we can build a concert which will help maintain a relatively stable afghanistan which is the best we can hope for. >> finally, do you think there is a risk that the president will be proposing something that is too rapid and we will lose the gains? >> i think the risk is overwhelmingly on the side of too rapid a withdrawal than too gradual a withdrawal. if we don't succeed, we will have wasted all of the lives and all of the treasure we put into afghanistan so far. so to me the odds are strongly on the part of be careful. don't be too exuberant. >> general who has served in so many white houses for so long. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >>> stay with msnbc, of course primetime for kochblg of the president's address tonight. "hardball" with chris matthews at 7:00 eastern, the president's speech with lawrence o'donnell live at 8:
all of the neighbors of afghanistan say look afghanistan is a difficult problem. it's a problem for all the neighbors. nobody wants a disaster in afghanistan. none of the neighboring countries. and i think gradually we can build a concert which will help maintain a relatively stable afghanistan which is the best we can hope for. >> finally, do you think there is a risk that the president will be proposing something that is too rapid and we will lose the gains? >> i think the risk is...
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forces inside afghanistan. this will not be the end of combat operations in afghanistan. but it will be an end to the surge that he announced in 2009. >> that is a slower pace than some might suggest. some might want. both on one wing of the republican party and also certainly prominent democrats even john kerry and luger both from the foreign relations committee republican and democratic leaders both pushing for a more aggressive withdrawal pace. does this expose the president politically even within his own party? >> it's fascinating because the politics are changing so quickly on this, andrea. you have a number of republicans now who want a faster pace of withdrawal. jon huntsman, mitt romney, others. in fact, john mccain criticized his fellow republicans for being too hasty in moving toward the exits in afghanistan. so you have both the left part of the democratic party and some republican presidential candidates who are to the dovish side of barack obama. we'll see whether that pressure intensifies for him to speed up the pace of withdrawal. but 33,000 coming out by
forces inside afghanistan. this will not be the end of combat operations in afghanistan. but it will be an end to the surge that he announced in 2009. >> that is a slower pace than some might suggest. some might want. both on one wing of the republican party and also certainly prominent democrats even john kerry and luger both from the foreign relations committee republican and democratic leaders both pushing for a more aggressive withdrawal pace. does this expose the president...
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now he's approaching a major decision on afghanistan. what is your best judgment as to what the president should do perhaps this week when he makes a decision as to how quickly to draw down? >> well, i did have a brief discussion with general petraeus on this. what general petraeus said is look, i will give him several options. i may make a recommendation. and then the president will decide. my own view is that this right now is a primarily should be a military decision. i'm really very bothered by president karzai's reaction to it. that is negative to our troops over there. our people have died essentially so that his country might be secure. i think this is a real problem to have a president of a country that you are trying to help to stabilize, to get rid of al qaeda, to see the taliban doesn't take over the country. and to receive a comment like that from the president of the country. i think the president will make a decision. we can all guess, but none of us really know to begin removing troops. how big, i can't say. >> would you l
now he's approaching a major decision on afghanistan. what is your best judgment as to what the president should do perhaps this week when he makes a decision as to how quickly to draw down? >> well, i did have a brief discussion with general petraeus on this. what general petraeus said is look, i will give him several options. i may make a recommendation. and then the president will decide. my own view is that this right now is a primarily should be a military decision. i'm really very...
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forces in iraq and potentially afghanistan. in this sense, this is obviously a real change in their tactics, they already view themselves as being in a hot war with us. >> at the same time, many people are arguing that the force has been viewed as a really elite and confident team. why would they, again, do something that was such a bhungaled operation? >> first, i would suggest that not every intelligence operation is quite as james bondish as they would expect. all that being said, the attempt to use a mexican drug gang, although risky in some ways would be effective at hiding aran's hand. imagine that the person to whom they are speak something not a dea informant. this plot evolves in a very, very different way. >> what's the risk here long term. the fact is that iran and the saudis are really in battle formation against each other. this brings the stakes up to a level that we have not seen before. >> briefly do you have any doubt that they would have brought in the president, the attorney general, the fbi director? at ever
forces in iraq and potentially afghanistan. in this sense, this is obviously a real change in their tactics, they already view themselves as being in a hot war with us. >> at the same time, many people are arguing that the force has been viewed as a really elite and confident team. why would they, again, do something that was such a bhungaled operation? >> first, i would suggest that not every intelligence operation is quite as james bondish as they would expect. all that being...
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there would be no single battle that would solve the afghanistan story, that it had to end at the negotiating table, in reconciliation. he was laying the ground work for that when he died. he was one degree of separation from the taliban, that is to say that his staffers were talking to people who were talking to the taliban, they were not there yet, but richard's dream was to eventually negotiate the kind of reconciliation among all the regional players and that would have to include not only afghanistan and pakistan, but also iran and china and central asia, the sort that richard so successfully negotiated to end the balkan wars in 1995, in dayton. and that was -- that was his big dream and he was slowly working on that. and he was slowly working quite frankly to right what he saw was an off balance relationship between our civilian and our foreign -- our civilian and military policy. and he felt that the civilian and diplomatic side had to be balanced and the reason i'm speaking to you now is that with bin laden's death, i think richard would have gone into overdrive to get the diplomacy g
there would be no single battle that would solve the afghanistan story, that it had to end at the negotiating table, in reconciliation. he was laying the ground work for that when he died. he was one degree of separation from the taliban, that is to say that his staffers were talking to people who were talking to the taliban, they were not there yet, but richard's dream was to eventually negotiate the kind of reconciliation among all the regional players and that would have to include not only...
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. >>> plus, the crisis of troop morale in afghanistan. sebastian junger joins us next. >>> and the report on benjamin netanyahu and the president from the oval office when they come out. stay with us here on msnbc. for pain? oh, bayer aspirin? i'm not having a heart attack. it's my back. it works great for pain. [ male announcer ] nothing's proven to relieve pain better than extra strength bayer aspirin. it rushes relief to the site of pain. feel better? yeah. thanks for the tip. fill an entire community with joy? maxwell house believes so. that's why we've partnered with rebuilding together to help revitalize communities in need. vote for your community at maxwellhouse.com. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] however they come into the world, pampers believes every baby should be swaddled in the comfort and security of our softest diaper ever. ♪ pampers swaddlers. our softest protection for every little miracle. >>> topping the headlines now on "andrea mitchell reports," nasa has set a date for the final launch of the space shuttle era. "atla
. >>> plus, the crisis of troop morale in afghanistan. sebastian junger joins us next. >>> and the report on benjamin netanyahu and the president from the oval office when they come out. stay with us here on msnbc. for pain? oh, bayer aspirin? i'm not having a heart attack. it's my back. it works great for pain. [ male announcer ] nothing's proven to relieve pain better than extra strength bayer aspirin. it rushes relief to the site of pain. feel better? yeah. thanks for the...
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similar to the isaf approach in afghanistan. on the political side we agreed to establish a contact group to offer a systematic coordination mechanism and broad political guidance on the full range of efforts under resolutions 1970 and 1973. and as i'm sure you just heard from the prime minister of qatar. qatar has agreed to host the first meeting of the contact group along with the uk. in a series of side meetings, i also had the chance to discuss a number of issues including syria. i expressed our strong condemnation of the syrian government's brutal repression of demonstrators, in particular the violence and killing of civilians in the hands of security forces. i also discussed efforts that e undertaken by the organization of the islamic conference, particularly our joint effort to pass a resolution at the human rights counc they promotes tolerance and respect as well as free expression. and we greatly appreciate the oic hosting a meeting of the international contact group on afghanistan and pakistan in jeda. i was also able
similar to the isaf approach in afghanistan. on the political side we agreed to establish a contact group to offer a systematic coordination mechanism and broad political guidance on the full range of efforts under resolutions 1970 and 1973. and as i'm sure you just heard from the prime minister of qatar. qatar has agreed to host the first meeting of the contact group along with the uk. in a series of side meetings, i also had the chance to discuss a number of issues including syria. i...
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troops have been killed in afghanistan this month alone. >>> the modern day bonnie and clyde wanna-bes are in court today after being captured during a high speed chase. the two brothers and one sister are charged with shooting at police. they also face charges in georgia and florida. they were heavily armed when they were caught. >>> two marine pilots are in stable condition after being rescued early this morning. 85 miles off the coast of san diego. their fighter jet had crashed into the ocean, forcing them to spend four hours in the water before the coast guard found them. great rescue there. >>> a group of americans will travel from miami to cuba this afternoon, part of the first people-to-people exchanges with that country in more than seven years. this follows the obama administration's move to ease restrictions on travel to cuba put in place by president george bush in 2003. >>> london may have been quiet last night but that didn't stop british prime minister david cameron from addressing the issue in an emergency meeting of parliament today. everyone is back from vacation, you
troops have been killed in afghanistan this month alone. >>> the modern day bonnie and clyde wanna-bes are in court today after being captured during a high speed chase. the two brothers and one sister are charged with shooting at police. they also face charges in georgia and florida. they were heavily armed when they were caught. >>> two marine pilots are in stable condition after being rescued early this morning. 85 miles off the coast of san diego. their fighter jet had...
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right now we've got our veterans coming home from iraq and afghanistan. who have taken their place among the greatest of generations that made extraordinary sacrifices. i meet these young people -- [ applause ] i meet young people 23, 24 years old. they're in charge of platoons, making life and death decisions. they're in charge of millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment and they come home and they can't find work. so we said let's give tax credits to companies who were hiring our benefits and put them back to work to use their skills to get this country moving again. congress could do that right now. trade deals haven't always been good for america. there have been times where we haven't goten a fair deal out of our trade deals. but we've put together a package that's going to allow us to start selling some chevys and some fords to korea and we don't mind having hyundais and kias here. we want some made in america stuff in orcountries. that's something that congress could do right now. it's something a lot of folks
right now we've got our veterans coming home from iraq and afghanistan. who have taken their place among the greatest of generations that made extraordinary sacrifices. i meet these young people -- [ applause ] i meet young people 23, 24 years old. they're in charge of platoons, making life and death decisions. they're in charge of millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment and they come home and they can't find work. so we said let's give tax credits to...
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making headlines today, the mayor of kandahar is the second elected official to be assassinated in afghanistan in only two weeks. president car save's half brother was the first. officials say that the mayor was killed today inside a government compound by a suicide bomber. >>> britain has officially recognized libya's main opposition group as the legitimate government. >>> meanwhile in tripoli the convicted lockerbie bomber was spotted in a featured seat at a progadhafi rally. he was released from a scottish prison on so-called compassionate grounds nearly two years ago after his lawyers argued that he was dying of prostate cancer. he's apaurptly still very much with us. 270 people died on pan am flight 103 over scotland more than 22 years ago. >>> and ground zero first responders sufferingç from cancr will not be compensated by the government for their illness. a federal medical team reports there is not enough evidence to show a cause and effect connection linking their cancer directly to their exposure to dust and debris. the finding means as of now they do not qualify for federal benefit
making headlines today, the mayor of kandahar is the second elected official to be assassinated in afghanistan in only two weeks. president car save's half brother was the first. officials say that the mayor was killed today inside a government compound by a suicide bomber. >>> britain has officially recognized libya's main opposition group as the legitimate government. >>> meanwhile in tripoli the convicted lockerbie bomber was spotted in a featured seat at a progadhafi...
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leader nancy pelosi has been released from a rome hospital after falling ill briefly after a trip to afghanistan. she's hotel. she's in italy to celebrate that country's 150th anniversary. hey ella! hey. here's boulder. ok, see you in an hour. [ boulder barks ] bye, bye. here we go. come on boulder. aah! [ dog barks ] aah! come on, guys! daisy! whoo! aah! [ female announcer ] lunchables cheese pizza -- now with mandarin oranges. because a great lunch, inspires great ideas. ♪ [ dog barks ] there's power in a great lunch. ♪ it doesn't get better than this ♪ her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lara who chose 2 aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. you struggle to control your blood sugar. you exercise and eat right, but your
leader nancy pelosi has been released from a rome hospital after falling ill briefly after a trip to afghanistan. she's hotel. she's in italy to celebrate that country's 150th anniversary. hey ella! hey. here's boulder. ok, see you in an hour. [ boulder barks ] bye, bye. here we go. come on boulder. aah! [ dog barks ] aah! come on, guys! daisy! whoo! aah! [ female announcer ] lunchables cheese pizza -- now with mandarin oranges. because a great lunch, inspires great ideas. ♪ [ dog barks ]...